Multiple Reports under one job number stymie printer <edsmith>

[Helge Blischke]

ed smith wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Recently migrated NC application from 1990's Jetadmin/Solaris 8 platform
> to CUPS 1.2.6/Solaris 10. Some scripts result in creating a single control
> file and multiple "d" files under one job number:
> 
> bash-3.00# ls -l |grep 6009
> -rw-------   1 root     nobody       651 Mar 30 10:29 c06009
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody     60092 Mar 22 13:22 d04487-001
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody      2618 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-001
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody      7950 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-002
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody      6574 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-003
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody      2618 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-004
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody     11872 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-005
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody      6669 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-006
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody     64780 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-007
> -rw-r-----   1 root     nobody     47291 Mar 30 10:21 d06009-008
> 
> Printer either prints first job and ignores remaining, or gets stuck on
> first job, holding up the printer. Have to cancel and lp each file
> separately. These are usually 1 page plots. I have advised users to use an
> alternative script that only creates a single report. However, to be
> thorough, is there a way to get CUPS to print all of these without
> intrervention? Shouldn't it be a simple thing? I truly don't know.
> 
> Thanks!
> Best,
> Ed Smith

Tell some more details about the application in question.How does it 
generate the print job(s)? Did you use an interface script on the old 
system? If yes, try to port it to the new system.

Helge